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The Staggering Environmental Toll of Artificial Intelligence
In both of my chosen professions—teaching and journalism—most discussion of artificial intelligence errs on the side of navel-gazing. It’s all about us. We worry that our jobs are over: Why should any company hire a writer—or any “creative”—if they can just plug a prompt into ChatGPT? Professors fret that students are using A.I. to write…
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JJ’s Country Music Minute: Congrats to Cody, Is Carly Feuding With Maren?, Kane Brown Brought To Tears and More
Chris Young is doing the good work. He and Breland, Danielle Bradbery and others just finished playing Country Now Live in Nashville raising lots of money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Young’s 9th studio album, “Young Love and Saturday Nights” can be yours to add to your playlist on March 22nd. Congratulations to Cody…
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Canada: Love Pets on The Roku Channel
International production studio, rights business and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, has announced the launch of its FAST channel, Love Pets, on The Roku Channel in Canada. Since the pet-themed channel debuted last year, it has rolled out in 27 countries across the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “Launching Love Pets on…
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Study: TV top purchase influencer
US local broadcast television industry trade body TVB has released the findings of the 2024 Purchase Funnel Study which seeks to identify the importance of media platforms in influencing consumers during the purchase decision process. TVB commissioned GfK to conduct this study, which looked at consumers exposed to advertising across eight categories through ANY of…
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Tigers shine at state tournament
Photos courtesy of Marshall Area Wrestling Association Marshall wrestlers Dylan Louwagie (top right), Hannah Ratajczak (middle, behind) and Lincoln Christenson (lower, right) compete at the second day of the Class A state individual wrestling tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Louwagie and Christenson finished as runners-up in their respective weight classes…
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Group offers abortion travel benefits for Mississippi women
Amid ongoing concerns about reproductive access in the Magnolia State, a Jackson-based organization is offering financial help and other support services to women seeking abortions and other resources. More than 23 million women in the U.S. live in states with abortion restrictions, raising concerns about reproductive rights. Laurie Bertram Roberts, executive director and co-founder of…
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Cardinal Mooney mauls Mapleton in district semifinal
Correspondent photo / Lowell Spencer Cardinal Mooney’s Nick Pregibon gets set to shoot over Mapleton’s Cole Vermilya. <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> SALEM – Cardinal Mooney has gained a reputation as a hot shooting team this year. In Monday night’s district semifinal, it didn’t disappoint. The fourth-seeded Cardinals connected on 12 three-pointers en route to a…
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Ultra-processed food linked to 32 poor health outcomes in largest study to date
Results from the largest study on ultra-processed food (UPF) to date have been published, and the news is not good for products in the Nova 4 category. According to study findings, UPF consumption is linked to a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes. Findings from the world’s…
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Air Force asks industry for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in command and control
ROME, N.Y. – U.S. Air Force researchers are asking for industry’s help in developing ways to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to distributed command and control in contested environments. Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., has released a broad agency announcement (FA8750-23-S-7006) for the Artificial Intelligence and Next Generation Distributed…
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Lake Mills nips North Union in state hoops quarterfinals
-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla Danyal Fothergill of North Union attempts to save the ball from going out of bounds against Lake Mills during 1A quarterfinals on Monday inside Wells Fargo Arena <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> DES MOINES — The No. 6-seeded North Union Warriors effectively utilized the 3-point arc to erase a pair of…
